#Parathyroid

Today I was reminded of something fun. As a medical student I was totally fascinated by the #parathyroid glands and calcium metabolism, probably because it hadn't been included in secondary
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Still learning and sharing from this great book. Now on to thread 6 BASICS OF BLOODS: BONE PROFILE Preceding thread links if you missed them. Otherwise keep
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You’re the medical registrar on-call and receive a call from the psychiatry SHO as a patient has an adjusted calcium of 1.76. This is a 31 year old male currently
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Hypercalcaemia in malignancyA thread Occurs in 20-30% of all cancers80% due to humoral release of PTHrP which mimicks parathyroid hormone (PTH) 20% due to local osteolytic processes driven by tumour
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